Рождество и Новый Год в Англии презентация

Can you tell me who was Jesus' mother?
(Mary)
Who was his father?
(Joseph)
What city was he born in?
(Bethlehem)
Where was he born?
(In the stable)
What do people usually do on Christmas?
(They buy presents, decorate the trees, make holiday dinner, sing Christmas songs, go to church, play games)
Questions:

Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow
in a one-horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.

Dates
Advent – four Sundays before Christmas.
One of the popular traditions is the Advent Candle. An Advent candle often has 25 marks on it, a bit of the candle is burned down by one mark each day. In some homes, 24 candles are kept, one for each night from December 1 through Christmas eve.
24 December – Christmas Eve
Night time on Christmas Eve though is a very exciting time for young children. It is the time when Santa or Father Christmas comes. They hang up their stockings and go to sleep.
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Boxing Day
It is traditionally a time to give gifts to tradesmen, servants, and friends.
31 December - New Year's Eve

Christmas has been celebrated in England for thousands of years. According to the legend, King Arthur started it in the city of York in 571.
Nowadays people start preparing for the holiday in the beginning of December. People buy lots of presents and send cards to their friends and relatives. It is mostly a family holiday. Englishmen decorate their houses with green leaves, red paper decorations, Christmas Trees and colourful electric lights and glass balls.
Red and green are the traditional colours of Christmas. Green represents the continuance of life through the winter. Red symbolizes the blood of Jesus at his Crusifixion.

Symbols
Christmas Tree is decorated with coloured glass balls and toys, sweets, bells.
There is usually а bright star or the figure of the Christmas angel at the top of the tree.
The first Christmas Tree came to England in 1841 from Germany.
Nowadays, in London, near the statue of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square, a giant Christmas Tree is set up and decorated each year. The Tree is a present from the people in Oslo, Norway.

Symbols
One of British tradition is to hang stockings on the mantel to be filled with presents.

Symbols
Christmas presents
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26 December
Boxing day

Mistletoe
/омела/
It is tied with ribbons and hung up in doorways. By custom anyone standing under the mistletoe gets to be kissed.
Holly
/остролист/
Decorating the house with "boughs of holly" is an old British custom
Poinsettia
/пуансеттия/
Poinsettias are popular Christmas decorations in homes, churches, offices.

The first Christmas cards were illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in London on the 1st of May 1843.
Christmas cards became popular in Victorian England, they were mostly home made and given to loved ones.
Christmas Cards

The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply "Santa", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins.
Writing letters to Santa Claus has been a Christmas tradition for children for many years.
Santa Claus

Santa Claus's deers
Santa Claus' deer is a team of flying deer traditionally held to pull the sleigh of Santa Claus and help him deliver Christmas gifts
Dancer ("Танцор"),
Prancer ("Гарцующий"),
Vixen ("Злобный"),
Comet ("Комета"),
Cupid ("Купидон"), Donner ("Болван"),
Blitzen ("Молниеносный")
Rudolf (“Рудольф”).

Christmas Dishes
Roast turkey or goose and potatoes
Запеченая идейка или гусь с картошкой
Traditional Christmas ham
Традиционная рождественская ветчина
Brussels sprouts
Брюссельская капуста

Christmas Desserts
Mince pies
сладкий пирог с начинкой
Christmas pudding
традиционный рождественский пудинг
Christmas cake
рождественский фруктовый пирог
Yule Log
Рождественское полено

Now match the words, please:
Turkey
Pudding
Sleigh
Stocking
Mistletoe
Christmas
Brussels sprouts
Deer
Holly
Чулок
Сани
Рождество
Остролист
Олень
Индейка
Брюссельская капуста
Пудинг
Омела

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer.
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some,
So bring some out here.

1. 25 December – Christmas Day +
26 December – Boxing Day +
24 November – Christmas Eve – (december)
31 December - New Year's Eve +
The first Christmas cards were illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in London on the 1st of May 1842 - (1843)
True or false?